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1. (v.t.) dread
to fear greatly:
to dread death.
2. dread
to be very reluctant to do, meet, or experience.
3. dread
Archaic. to hold in respectful awe.
4. (v.i.) dread
to have fear or great reluctance.
5. (n.) dread
terror or apprehension as to something in the future; great fear.
6. dread
a person or thing dreaded.
7. dread
dreads,
8. dread
Archaic. deep awe or reverence.
9. (adj.) dread
greatly feared; frightful; terrible.
10. dread
held in awe or reverential fear.
Etymology: (1125–75; OE dræmacr;dan; c. OHG intrātan)
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| Definition of 'dread' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (adj) apprehension, apprehensiveness, dread
fearful expectation or anticipation
"the student looked around the examination room with apprehension"
2. (verb) awful, dire, direful, dread(a), dreaded, dreadful, fearful, fearsome, frightening, horrendous, horrific, terrible
causing fear or dread or terror
"the awful war"; "an awful risk"; "dire news"; "a career or vengeance so direful that London was shocked"; "the dread presence of the headmaster"; "polio is no longer the dreaded disease it once was"; "a dreadful storm"; "a fearful howling"; "horrendous explosions shook the city"; "a terrible curse"
3. (verb) fear, dread
be afraid or scared of; be frightened of
"I fear the winters in Moscow"; "We should not fear the Communists!"
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1. (verb) dread
≠ look forward to
I was dreading going to the doctor.
2. (noun) dread
a feeling of strong worry or fear
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| Definition of 'dread' |
Webster Dictionary |
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1. (adj) dread
exciting great fear or apprehension; causing terror; frightful; dreadful
2. (adj) dread
inspiring with reverential fear; awful' venerable; as, dread sovereign; dread majesty; dread tribunal
3. (noun) dread
great fear in view of impending evil; fearful apprehension of danger; anticipatory terror
4. (noun) dread
reverential or respectful fear; awe
5. (noun) dread
an object of terrified apprehension
6. (noun) dread
a person highly revered
7. (noun) dread
fury; dreadfulness
8. (noun) dread
doubt; as, out of dread
9. (verb) dread
to fear in a great degree; to regard, or look forward to, with terrific apprehension
10. (verb) dread
to be in dread, or great fear
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Sense: great fear
She lives in dread of her child being drowned in the canal; His voice was husky with dread.
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 Afrikaans: vrees |
 Arabic: رُعْب، ذُعْر |
 Bulgarian: ужас |
 Brazilian: terror |
 Czech: hrůza, strach |
 German: die Furcht |
 Danish: frygt; rædsel; skræk |
 Greek: τρόμος |
 Spanish: terror |
 Estonian: õudus |
 Farsi: هراس؛ دلهره |
 Finnish: kauhu |
 French: terreur |
 Hebrew: פָּחַד גָדוֹל, אֵימָה |
 Hindi: भय, दहशत |
 Croatian: veliki strah, strava |
 Hungarian: félelem |
 Indonesian: ketakutan |
 Icelandic: ótti |
 Italian: terrore |
 Japanese: 恐怖 |
 Korean: 불안, 공포 |
 Lithuanian: baimė |
 Latvian: bailes;šausmas |
 Malay: sangat takut |
 Dutch: angst |
 Norwegian: redsel, frykt, gru, skrek |
 Polish: przerażenie, strach |
 Persian: هراس؛ دلهره |
 Pashto: ډار |
 Portuguese: terror |
 Romanian: groază |
 Russian: страх |
 Slovak: hrôza |
 Slovenian: groza |
 Serbian: strava |
 Swedish: fruktan, skräck |
 Thai: ความหวาดกลัว |
 Turkish: dehşet, büyük korku |
 Taiwanese: 恐懼 |
 Ukrainian: жах |
 Urdu: دہشت |
 Vietnamese: sự khiếp sợ |
 Chinese: 恐怖 |
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